Beatles management contract to fetch £250,000 (Thats $500,000+ American $)

by World_Groove | August 12, 2008 at 09:02 am

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Prepare your check books for Sept 4

Now can you imagine what it would be worth if the contract was still in effect ? oh wait a minute....not much because Heather Mills would take half.

I imagine this will end up in Paul Allen's hands and be put in the Experience music project museum in Seattle.

Beatles management contract to fetch £250,000 The first management contract between The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein is expected to fetch £250,000 at auction.
The document, billed as the most important music contract of all time belonged to "fifth Beatle" Epstein, the businessman who helped launch The Beatles to international fame in the 1960s after seeing them play at Liverpool's now-famous Cavern Club.

The document, billed as the most important music contract of all time belonged to "fifth Beatle" Epstein
He became the band's manager in 1961 but the contract was not signed by "John Winston Lennon", "George Harrison", "James Paul McCartney" and "Richard Starkey" (Ringo Starr) until January 24, 1962.

Epstein only inked his name on the document on October 1, 1962, after getting the Fab Four a deal with EMI for the release of the single Love Me Do, following rejections from other record companies.

The valuable piece of music memorabilia also features the names of Harold Hargreaves Harrison and James McCartney, giving consent on behalf of their sons as they were under 21.

The contract is being sold by a Beatles' collector at The Fame Bureau's It's More Than Rock and Roll auction on September 4 at the Idea Generation Gallery in London.

Fame Bureau managing director Ted Owen said: "It is the most important music contract to have ever appeared. There's no other artist that's going to be historically, socially or politically as important as this."

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Bobotfotos

at 06:24 on August 13th, 2008

When you're a Beatle fan and you had the chance to visit The Abbey Road Studios, you will found yourself stunned and you will forget that you will be doing snap shots.

Seeing the zebra crossing and the studio where famous bands recorded their songs gave me this huge impact that i am personally outside that studio.

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Rao Viju

at 06:31 on August 13th, 2008

Just walking past the french quarters in New Orleans, I found these four guys walking and took a picture of them, thought that I had seen something similar somewhere. It was only later, I realised that the picture is similar to Beatles cover. I thought that was cool.

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Lucía Sáenz

at 09:33 on August 13th, 2008

I love Beatles! I took this photo in a parking lot of a restaurant wih live-music, where they've got monuments from different artists. I liked the light effect they put on this one, how the lights change of movement and color in each one.

Its the world's famous photo in London Abbey Road, showing John, Ringo, Paul and George crossing the street. I like the london flag below them. Represents their nationality as well.

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Cathy Avellaneda

at 09:36 on August 13th, 2008

This picture was taken in L.A while i was there with a friend...just looking for something to do..

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cascadorprod

at 10:05 on August 13th, 2008

Very Nice Work By The Great Richard Avedon !!!

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iamtheshed

at 21:03 on August 13th, 2008

Hey, who drew that awesome Abbey Road picture?!
Oh wait, I did.
:D

calumwl

at 01:34 on August 14th, 2008

This a fully-vector image of the Beatles faous Abbey road shot.

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david haggard

at 13:33 on August 14th, 2008

It should be noted that this album originally appeared in December of 1964 with the following credits:
Producer: George Martin (with the assistance of Dave Dexter, Jr. in the USA)
Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick
Cover Photos by: Bob Whitaker

George Harrison: Vocals, Guitar
John Lennon: Vocals, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Tambourine, Piano
Paul McCartney: Vocals, Bass Guitar, Piano
Ringo Starr: Drums, Vocals, Tambourine

George Martin: Piano (No Reply, Rock and Roll Music)

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